I don't know what exactly he is interested in. Modelling, mapping, programming etc. But i think it can be good to get involved in a mod team. For the rest, i think unknown world are doing an interesting job. They started with a mod for halflife 1 and now have a company of around 9 people so it's a small team. http://unknownworlds.com/ns2/
The game got in the top 25 shooters all time by pc gamer at a position of 15. It's coded in lua script which allows a lot to be done with less code. But if he's interested in programming i think a good start is learning processing. www.processing.org It's a dialect for java which allows a lot to be done quite easy. They have huge friendly community. hope that helps. 2013/6/17 Daniel H <vfxc...@gmail.com> > He should be directed to download all three of these game engines. > Digital-Tutors has training on all three engines, and Eat 3D has training > for Unreal and CryEngine. > > Free edition of Unreal Engine 3 > http://www.unrealengine.com/udk > > Free edition of CryEngine 3 > http://mycryengine.com > > Free edition of Unity 3D. Unity is primarily used to create mobile and web > games, but can also deploy games to consoles or the PC. > http://unity3d.com/unity/download/ > > Daniel > VFXM > > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 7:13 AM, Sebastien Sterling < > sebastien.sterl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> http://www.penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/on-game-schools >> >> Small but very informative vid, part of a much larger series which is >> equally excellent and accessible. >> >> Make sure he understands what exactly a Dev does. It often gets tossed >> like a blanket statement to cover a vast number of disciplines. (coder, >> director, writer, art director...) >> >> Early exposure to game engines and especially languages (c#,c++,java >> script, python) serves the dual purpose of letting you discover if this is >> something you like doing, and gives you a head start when entering a >> related curriculum. >> >> Finally I'd say don't sugar coat it, its going to be hard, its a very >> competitive path to take in life. >> >> >> On 17 June 2013 13:42, Paul Griswold < >> pgrisw...@fusiondigitalproductions.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> My daughter's boyfriend has expressed an interest in getting into game >>> development. He's just a teenager, so he really doesn't have much of a >>> focus yet other than "I want to get into games". >>> >>> But I told my daughter I'd get some recommendations on things like what >>> he should study, good colleges for careers in games, different job >>> descriptions, good entry-level positions, etc. >>> >>> So, I'd love to hear what you guys have to say. Any advice at all would >>> be great. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Paul >>> >>> >> >
